Methyl Methacrylate → Ethylene glycol dimethacrylate

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Reaction Steps

Monomer (9) (10 g) of Formula 2 is mixed with methyl methacrylate (90 g) to form a monomer mixture. This monomer mixture is emulsified with Rhodafac RS 710 surfactant (2.5 g; 2.5 wt % with respect to the monomers) in water (40 ml). The monomer emulsion is added drop-wise to water (360 ml) at 60° C. containing a potassium persulfate water soluble initiator (about 0.4 wt % with respect to the monomers). The heating is continued at this temperature for a period of two hours and then cooled to ambient temperature. The particulates formed are present in a latex dispersion or emulsion. In this example, the blocked maleimide groups are present in the latex throughout the particle. The same reaction can be carried out to present the blocked maleimide groups mostly on the surface by adding the above blocked monomer after other monomer(s) of the mixture is/are added. Though a cross-linker is not used in this example, it is to be noted that a cross-linker can be added, e.g., ethylene glycol dimethacrylate from about 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of monomers to obtain cross-linked latex particulates. The above particulates in water are heated to 95° C. for 5 hours to remove the blocking group and generate the maleimide functional groups on the surface of the latex particulates.

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